Is it possible to go through life without having heard Nirvana’s “In Bloom” before?

We’re all biased, obviously. We listen to Rock Radio all the time. We heard “In Bloom” every couple of days probably. Even casual music fans have heard it AT LEAST once in their lives.

So how is it possible rapper Lil Nas X has NEVER heard the song before? For that matter, he’d never heard their “Nevermind” album before people pointed out the similarities to him.

“It’s like I always seen the cover but I never actually listened to it,” he said. “And people was like, ‘Wow, he sampled Nirvana.’ I was like, no. It’s like, I didn’t realize I was using almost the exact same melody.”

I don’t know how that’s even possible, but I guess it is.

Anyway, see if you can hear the similarities in the videos below.